Ice-box



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ICE BOX.

No, 248,475. Patented Oct. 18,1881.

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MIOHAELKENNEDY, OF WASHINGTON HEIGHTS, ILLINOIS.

ICE-BOX.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 248,475, dated October 18, 1881. Application filed May 4, 1881. (N0 model.)

To all whom it may concern Be it known that 1, MICHAEL KENNEDY, of 'Washington Heights, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Ice-Boxes, of which the following is a specification.

Myinvention relates to improvements in ice boxes; and it consists in'ma-king the Walls'of the ice box of cement, supported on and strengthened by wire-cloth; and it also consists in the novel features of construction herein described.

In the accompanying drawings, which form a part of this specification, and in which similar letters of reference indicate like parts, Figure 1 is aperspective view of a device embodying my invention. Fig. 2 is an enlarged vertical section on the line y y of Fig. 1.

The box is constructed with a frame, A, of wood or metal, coated so as to be non-conducting, and the walls, the top, and the bottom are composed of cement, B, or similar plastic non-conducting material, laid upon a course or courses of wire-cloth, O, stretched between and secured to the timbers of the frame. The panels of cement between the timbers may be made flush with the timbers, or sous to present a slightly-recessed appearance.

I prefer to divide my ice-box into compartments, one of which, D, is used to hold the ice, and the others, E, are made to serve as receptacles for the food products. The former is made'with a self-draining floor, d, also of cement and wire-cloth, with an opening, d, through which the meltings and condensation of moisture may drip into a pan, d located below, and from which they may be drawn off through an outlet-pipe, 61 The exteriorwalls of the box are made double-that is, with two courses of cement laid upon wire-cloth-with an air-space, F, between them, and the vertical partition-walls D, dividing the ice-chamber from the rest of the box, are similarly constructed.

G G are openings in the partition-walls D, through which the cold from the ice-chamber may be communicated to the food-chamber. Similar openings may be made in the inner half of the exterior wall of the chamber into cloth and cement stifl'en the frame and render the boX firm and unyielding. The pan (1 serves to cool in some measure the provisionchamber.

My improved ice-box is not expensive to make, is very economical of ice, and very efficient in operation.

I am aware that ornaments for walls and ceilings of buildings have been made with wood frames Inwing wire-netting stretched thereon and plaster or stucco laid upon or applied to the netting; also, that slabs have been made of a plastic non-conducting material having wirc-cloth embedded therein, and that such slabs have been used in and upon walls, floors, roofs, and ceilings of buildings where a lire-proof material was desired; and hence I do not claim the construction of the walls of my improved ice-box independently of the box.

I claim 1. The ice-box consisting of the frame A and walls of cement and wire-cloth, substantially as specified.

2. The ice-box the walls whereof are made of cement laid upon and supported by wirecloth, substantially as specified.

MICHAEL KENNEDY.

Witnesses:

H. M. MUNDAY, EDMUND ADoooK. 

